I’m just wondering what the title asks: do you organize your groceries in the order you will check them out, if doing self-checkout, or arrange them on the belt/counter in a standard checkout line, in the hope that they’ll be bagged in a specific way?

I didn’t know there was any other way people do it, but just learned some people prefer to checkout/bag without pre-arranging things. I’m kind of curious to see what’s more common, or if there’s some other options I haven’t considered?

  • oo1@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Self bagging only pretty much where i live.
    The cashiers at lidl are so fast it’s hard to keep up.
    I just stuff everything in fast as possible trying to maximise damage; this can also save on chewing time later.

    But I only have to carry it as far as my bicycle - and I do sometimes need to fish out and reorganize heavy stuff at that point to keep the pain-ears vaguely balanced.

    Though it is quite fun to try with 6-7 litres of liquids on one side and 2 carrots and a lettuce on the other.
    If it’s not too windy I’d just do that - shopping is boring.

    If I was walking farther I’d take a big rucksack and yeah I’d probably pack it more systematically.

    I can understand car users not bothering to organise though.
    Unless you’re driving 100km through the desert and think anything frozen wil melt.

        • Admetus@sopuli.xyz
          1·
          8 months ago

          Lidl is another half-wholesale half-supermarket chain which is supposed to be cheaper. Popular in England. At the checkout it is indeed a race, the checkout belt is more than 2 metres long and yet it only seems to take less than a minute for all your stuff to pile up on the other end.

          Pain-ear lol!